PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
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Sample Output H3
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Dolor duo justo zzril et sit. Nisl est feugiat ea et. Ipsum odio tempor facilisi. Ut takimata at. Duis nulla wisi dolore vero gubergren et lorem esse diam dolores nobis erat vel. Dolore voluptua vulputate vero accusam vel est et sed rebum accusam voluptua exerci diam. Amet dolor aliquip at diam kasd ut at vero stet eu. Diam dolor ut accusam sed eos te quis eirmod eu minim sit placerat te. Eirmod consetetur erat et sadipscing et ut ipsum. Sit eirmod consetetur lorem sit et stet facilisis nulla ea sed in in sadipscing sit dolor dolores ut. Adipiscing accusam ex dolor at est magna et diam nulla.
Sample Output H4
Sed ea tempor stet tempor autem gubergren enim dolor et sit tempor diam. Dolores dolor sit euismod. Sed liber assum dolor consetetur blandit ut zzril amet ea ipsum et lorem diam ipsum tempor. Diam facilisi no justo sea accusam vero dolor. Vero et augue iusto tempor dolores amet sit aliquyam kasd accusam stet iriure amet dolor. Consequat lorem consetetur vel. Nonumy erat consetetur ad. Dolor dolores sed justo elit ea qui ullamcorper amet diam ipsum. Erat magna sea consequat vero stet labore et autem est.
Nibh placerat rebum takimata sit labore ipsum ex gubergren consectetuer at et in. Clita takimata stet dolore et hendrerit amet gubergren invidunt erat invidunt vulputate ea in euismod ipsum vulputate velit kasd. Te sadipscing commodo diam sadipscing diam magna duo dolore delenit. Elitr diam stet at. Aliquyam ea delenit dolore eu et est ut iusto stet ipsum ullamcorper vero. Sea consectetuer nonumy no justo justo eos dolor tation rebum clita imperdiet vel vulputate. Diam vel consequat nobis duo sed vero sed sed sanctus amet accusam magna sanctus dolore. Sea sadipscing diam accusam eos ipsum. At diam est amet nulla illum et. Duo zzril ea consetetur. Et lorem ullamcorper lorem labore gubergren kasd ipsum invidunt lorem sed dolore sed accusam cum lorem.
Sample Output H4
Et sadipscing aliquyam vero amet nonumy. Et et sea eos gubergren takimata dolor kasd erat elitr. Illum sed tempor dolor mazim. Et sea feugiat et lorem nonumy molestie. Nonumy aliquyam dolore magna lorem elitr at. Accusam consequat ut dolor erat stet elitr sanctus clita dolore dolor luptatum ipsum. Dolor aliquip amet dolor et eirmod sed rebum et dolor iriure nulla dolore voluptua ipsum. At sit consetetur eirmod lorem ut consetetur velit.
Et in stet luptatum magna illum amet stet et at ut. In vero ad eos ut suscipit feugiat accusam dolore et sit iriure takimata dolor in ea. Clita et erat ut kasd nonumy sanctus dolor justo dolores accumsan et. Tempor no eirmod facilisi at et iusto ad sit sea clita congue eros amet nonumy esse ullamcorper blandit rebum. Qui et ipsum vero dolores sed dolor et et dolores hendrerit dignissim eirmod rebum.
Sample Output H3
Lobortis labore ex qui tempor iriure dolor dolore labore erat ipsum nonumy dolores illum te. Eu tempor duo et takimata amet velit lorem qui sit doming et duo at. At te gubergren sed no lorem tincidunt lorem nonumy no adipiscing sed no voluptua. Sea suscipit accumsan takimata takimata sit rebum invidunt est at vel tempor et et ut rebum dolores eros. Et consequat takimata et clita et sit labore at dolor iusto elitr vel eos. Nonumy diam in clita et sadipscing eos at est. Rebum ad diam facilisi esse sit sit rebum.
Illum sit elit aliquyam sea exerci praesent invidunt diam. Dolore sit diam consetetur sea amet eirmod liber kasd duo sed labore dolor justo sanctus dignissim vero. Nonumy ex nonumy clita placerat justo takimata accusam at diam lorem ut consetetur duis invidunt et iusto. Magna nobis sit. Facilisis eum et ut et sit illum delenit et eirmod amet.
Sample Output H4
Facilisi at esse feugiat sadipscing. Et ipsum amet praesent illum at magna ipsum rebum aliquyam elitr eirmod elitr te enim at. Diam nonumy dolor nibh molestie gubergren est consequat consetetur. Consequat imperdiet consetetur duo nisl. Lorem nulla lorem voluptua erat molestie sed eum no est ut feugait. Elitr aliquyam amet consectetuer et vel nonumy amet mazim et elitr facilisis dolor et. Et accumsan clita rebum nonumy ex sadipscing sit vero enim delenit accusam euismod laoreet magna. Te eum sit dolor eos duo ea vero in rebum stet.
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Sample Output H4
Sea voluptua kasd elitr suscipit dolore gubergren rebum clita ut et consetetur tempor sit diam exerci. Labore eum accusam invidunt ut sed no kasd at nulla sanctus ipsum dolor et rebum vero sadipscing sit. Duo at takimata laoreet labore lorem sed. Gubergren aliquyam amet sea ipsum consequat minim amet dolor no elitr esse ipsum dolor option duis magna eos et. Et ea hendrerit minim sit sed sea erat voluptua elitr ut ipsum diam tempor dolore. Gubergren ipsum sea sit justo et dolor zzril sit stet gubergren molestie consetetur sea dolor kasd eirmod erat. Nulla lorem accusam sea justo esse ipsum eos tempor eirmod consetetur consetetur dolores blandit nulla takimata duo.
Voluptua ipsum nonumy vero clita tempor justo sadipscing qui duo diam gubergren gubergren duis ipsum voluptua. Accusam elitr justo magna sit sadipscing et feugiat ullamcorper justo consetetur ea dolores wisi labore. Et laoreet aliquyam diam at sea vero sit aliquyam et est. Sanctus labore augue vel quod et duo diam elitr duo at kasd duo ea et duo feugait nonummy dolor. Sanctus stet tempor diam nonumy odio eos magna consequat accusam dolor erat. Et et laoreet vero imperdiet at vel nobis nulla ut est commodo ipsum justo sed. Nam sadipscing sit dolore sanctus duis ipsum sit velit nulla tempor et dignissim exerci. Et euismod nulla dolor lorem dolor minim dolor invidunt est. Augue diam et vel dignissim. Ipsum erat aliquyam nonumy eos.
More Sample Output H2
Dolor dolor nibh. Lorem nisl at dolor. Labore eirmod eos iriure ipsum magna dolor consetetur amet aliquip sed hendrerit dolor no stet nonumy. Ut justo ut. Consetetur ex nonumy hendrerit gubergren sit quod accumsan tempor praesent erat et. Est sit dolore vero volutpat ullamcorper kasd ut duo magna no. Amet no enim lorem ea volutpat sanctus sanctus velit et ipsum. Tempor invidunt et nulla.
Duis ipsum et takimata tempor et lorem ea. Feugiat aliquyam eum no tempor autem lorem dolores eirmod aliquyam nibh clita. Sanctus rebum vulputate magna minim est tempor illum nonumy ipsum ut feugiat dolore quis vero sadipscing. Ipsum lorem sit magna. Takimata no ea zzril est eirmod justo dolore nostrud clita takimata option te liber ad et iusto. Diam est elitr sed diam dolor est eirmod at vero dolore consequat eros. Lorem stet accumsan vel amet sit aliquam lorem clita in. Cum sanctus aliquip lorem vulputate sit labore at facer suscipit voluptua dolor.
Sample Output H3
Velit voluptua et stet sit nihil stet est sed sit ipsum magna et sanctus. Sea kasd tation duis eirmod elitr sed labore. Nisl clita lorem sed invidunt dolor sed amet consetetur sea rebum et invidunt ut gubergren aliquyam. Et lobortis sanctus magna suscipit diam sed et diam erat et tempor sadipscing. Autem laoreet consetetur elitr. Ea et ea eum et lorem tempor ea elitr nam in voluptua sed justo elitr. Ipsum et amet sit iusto accusam nulla eos velit at ut dolor sit tempor luptatum dolor dolor. Delenit diam rebum.
Ut wisi voluptua invidunt id sed. Sanctus amet amet molestie. Aliquyam sadipscing sed doming eu consequat amet sed possim facilisis vel dolor ut diam lorem feugiat sed. Dolor consetetur facilisis amet et aliquip nonummy. Ipsum ipsum elit et.
Sample Output H4
Nostrud amet sea lorem sit eos ipsum eros justo vel amet dolor ipsum vero feugiat cum elitr sadipscing iriure. Erat nonummy adipiscing. Eos nulla rebum doming. Autem at dolore sea dolore sanctus sanctus delenit illum consetetur est velit voluptua at. Amet sit cum sea labore duis est at. Et ipsum magna id dolores elitr aliquyam nulla nulla amet est nonumy dolores facilisis ea consetetur ipsum est. Lorem ipsum ad voluptua dolor consetetur duis vulputate est at vero.
Amet odio nobis erat et. Et nonummy rebum et in autem lorem. Dolore et nonumy stet duo et vel voluptua diam clita duo autem eleifend. Dignissim at labore et suscipit kasd erat duis sed. Elit vel exerci rebum illum sea vel in dolor praesent eirmod et illum clita diam rebum aliquyam. Amet in facilisis ad dolor autem sanctus dolore dolore elitr diam minim dolores lorem dolor ipsum nulla sit.
Sample Output H4
Kasd dolore gubergren voluptua ut dolore sed dolor exerci et dolore. Dolore et magna nam euismod dolores molestie et sea. Voluptua clita commodo ut. Nonumy nonumy et kasd invidunt rebum clita eum et aliquyam duo ea et. Est et voluptua voluptua stet dolore sit consequat eos vero augue dolores exerci nostrud sit. Ipsum gubergren amet eleifend. Augue sadipscing diam amet sit justo no stet facilisis iusto qui. Ullamcorper ipsum dolor lorem invidunt labore eos lorem et et esse soluta et invidunt et. Clita dolore in et molestie eum at vero clita dolore volutpat sea odio ut. Sanctus sed odio ipsum nisl nisl est.
Voluptua magna et dolor laoreet. Voluptua facer magna amet vel amet rebum lobortis nostrud eros sit odio delenit accusam est. Dolore sit invidunt dolore vero ut labore luptatum facilisi takimata magna molestie diam sed accumsan at aliquam. Takimata voluptua eu et lorem lobortis elitr hendrerit no sed consetetur sit sed quis duo augue feugiat at duis. Dolore nonummy ipsum et. Dolor et gubergren no est dolor duo invidunt consectetuer ea sed praesent vero elitr duis. Magna facilisi stet in est dolore gubergren aliquip.
Sample Output H3
Dolore dolore nulla magna consequat facilisi. Et facilisis iriure eleifend stet aliquam ut facilisis zzril tincidunt amet justo sit. Et dolor et sit justo sed dolor. Magna zzril lorem ipsum duis tempor ut accumsan lobortis consectetuer accusam. Eos elit et diam vulputate ut esse rebum sed laoreet elit ea enim. Consequat invidunt dolor magna diam esse qui dolor amet magna gubergren te diam accusam facer voluptua et dolor duo. Et et voluptua consetetur consectetuer ut ut nulla nulla. Dolores no ut sea consequat amet sed invidunt sea aliquip commodo magna.
No diam feugait dolores dolor. Nisl nonumy rebum. Lorem dolores dolor lorem enim. Dolore vero eum accusam ea aliquam dolore dolor invidunt dolor dolor. Velit consectetuer sed vel amet et stet. Gubergren vel nonumy minim dolores diam clita eirmod aliquip. Vero sea in sed erat diam sed aliquip at dolor feugait sanctus feugiat. Duo elitr dignissim duis sed takimata et ut facer stet labore et labore aliquyam lorem tempor sea ipsum et. Duo diam eos lorem kasd vel dignissim.
Sample Output H4
Justo amet ipsum justo nonumy autem at at elit quis. Ea et dolore facilisis congue aliquyam quod dolor dolor. Est exerci vero lorem et diam et. Lorem rebum stet gubergren augue dolore. Delenit duis sit. Erat nonummy sed sanctus nisl et sit esse veniam diam facer. Lobortis ea accusam eu. Facilisis et est erat est mazim in sit kasd sanctus vulputate rebum exerci. Sadipscing duis dolore ut sadipscing.
Aliquyam labore et diam tempor vero et euismod vel consetetur sed nonumy sit et eros. Ut vero eirmod tempor kasd sadipscing gubergren dolore. Lorem vero augue. Dolor aliquyam at sanctus stet invidunt volutpat eos sed kasd rebum nonummy possim augue kasd doming. Sed nulla ut accusam. Kasd lorem facer sed stet sea illum amet feugiat. Magna ipsum nobis rebum rebum et accusam erat est ea laoreet dolor eos diam accusam.
Sample Output H4
Tempor lorem odio in. Sanctus hendrerit dignissim eos molestie et sed dolor justo sed dolor. Sea sed dolor vel dolore sed in. Et invidunt amet autem. Clita takimata illum no sit duo iusto. At sea stet feugiat vero duo ipsum consectetuer vero. Vel consetetur duis magna delenit kasd dolor eos takimata aliquyam nulla et ipsum. Et elitr et sed sed eirmod voluptua gubergren nulla dolores.
Ut diam no mazim aliquam labore sit eos labore ipsum lorem nostrud quis velit vero iriure clita in invidunt. Eirmod mazim ullamcorper eos amet. Elitr dolor tempor ipsum. Erat lorem adipiscing dolore ipsum ea amet tempor eum consequat feugiat sit justo. Stet consectetuer elitr consequat labore duis.